Color-box.



A. TRIBBLING.

COLOR BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1910.

976,317. I Patented Nov.22, 1910.

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ALFRED TRIEBLING, OF NEU SANDEC, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

COLOR-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

Application filed March 26, 1910. Serial No. 551,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED TRIEBLING, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Neu Sandec, Galicia, Austria- Hungary, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Color-Boxes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a color-box for the reception of circular painttablets and consists in the provision of a tray for holding the tabletsadapted to be supported in upright position and having cups arrangedunderneath each tablet so as to receive the paint which drips from thelatter after it has been moistened.

The object of the arrangement is to facilitate the appropriation of thepaint as well as to prevent waste of the same.

In the accompanying drawing the invention is illustrated, the improvedcolor box being shown in open position.

Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2, a side view, partly in section.

The color-box consists of a tray or on which the paint tablets arearranged in recesses Z), in the usual manner, and held there by means ofV-shaped springs 70, the members of which are adapted to press againstthe edges of the tablets which are thicker than the recesses are deep.Only one of these springs is shown in the figure. Underneath each recessb, a cup 0 is arranged which is adapted to receive the moistened colorflowing from the tablet. Grooves (Z in the tray conduct the color fromthe recesses Z) into the cups. Brackets Z may also be provided on thetray for the temporary reception of brushes and other articles duringthe work. Hinged coversf are provided at both sides of the tray andadapted to close around the latter. When the box is opened, said colorsare placed in alinement so as to support the tray a in verticalposition. This position of the tray is maintained also when the box isclosed up and carried, in that a carrying handle 9 is provided on theupper end of the tray.

An incision is made at the-lower end of the tray for the reception of awater receptacle 7a.

The covers f may be fitted with saucers i and with spring clips 70 forholding paper, brushes and the like.

As the tray is maintained in vertical position and the moistened colorcollected in the cups, waste of color is completely obviated; besides,the work is greatly facilitated and the color-box alwavs kept clean.

I claim:

1. A color-box comprising in combination, a tray having recesses for thereception of circular paint tablets, covers hinged to the lower end ofthe tray and adapted, when opened, to support the tray in verticalposition, and cups arranged on said tray underneath the recesses so asto receive the moistened paint flowing from the tablets, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A color-box comprising in combination, a tray having recesses for thereception of circular paint tablets and grooves for conducting themoistened paint from said recesses, cups arranged underneath saidgrooves so as to receive the paint, and covers at both sides of thetray, said covers being hinged to the lower end of the tray and adapted,when opened, to support the same in vertical position, substantially asset forth.

3. A color-box comprising in combination, a tray having an incision atits lower part for the reception of a water receptacle and recesses forthe reception of circular paint tablets, cups arranged underneath saidrecesses so as to receive the moistened paint flowing from said tablets,covers hinged at both sides to the lower end of the tray and adapted,when opened, to support the tray in vertical position, and a carryinghandle fitted to the upper end of the tray so as to maintain thevertical position of the tray \tvhen the box is carried, substantiallyas set orth.

ALFRED TRIEBLING.

WVitnesses HEINRICH DOURIEL, AUGUST FUGGER.

